Keeping the memories of country and western artists such as George Jones and Waylon Jennings alive, Dale Watson tours the country bringing a blend of Western swing, honky-tonk, rockabilly and outlaw country, which he has dubbed Ameripolitan music, to all who will listen.

She's a bit of punk rock with alternative-country roots, but to say Lydia Loveless is definable would be a disservice to her talent, as her cover of Prince's "I Would Die 4 U" has such conviction, you'd think she wrote the song herself.

Somewhere in the broad definition of Americana music is a small spot where solid vocal harmonies, acoustic instruments, and songs about living life meet in a shady place somewhere between bluegrass and folk. At that spot you'll find the Steel Wheels holding court in their Blue Ridge Mountain kingdom.

The new album by Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors is a beautiful continuance of the confluence of their musical style, taking in country, rock and blues, and it melding into that new catch-all genre, Americana.